Big 3 Agree On Arms Goal At Conference
London report says American British and French ministers agreed the free world must be quickly re armed against possible Soviet aggression. They discussed financing for rapid rearmament and how to bolster Europe through trade information material and arms while maintaining Marshall Plan progress and European recovery.
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George Perkins
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Schuman
Atomic weapons sharing debated by U S officials
U S military officials weigh a plan to place atomic weapons with European allies under control before Russia amasses a bomb stockpile. The idea pairs with faster jet planes armed with small bombs to replace ground divisions, but faces sharp Congressional opposition and requires amending the Atomic Energy Act.
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Officials Preview Two Day Coonskin Park Build Plan
Charles R Armentrout reports on Operations Coonskin as planners aim to open 600 acres for public use in 48 hours. Project backed by The Gazette, West Virginia contractors groups, and local businesses. Paul Anderson leads a 10 man inspection through Coonskin Hollow toward Elk River, drafting a trail route and site improvements for a rapid park development, set for late June.
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Lewis blocks probe into mine strike signals
Washington May 11 1971 Rep Lesinski chairman of the House Labor Committee blocked a congressional inquiry into alleged secret strike signals by John L Lewis. He cut off subpoena powers and rescinded the subcommittee authority to compel witnesses. The panel had sought to investigate claims a miner said Lewis urged United Mine Workers to defy a federal court last February.
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Mich
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93 Year Old Woman Gets Probation For Forgery
A 93 year old St. Albans woman described as the principal figure in a scheme to defraud the State Department of Public Assistance by forging endorsements on department checks was placed on probation for three years by Intermediate Judge Cyrus W. Hall. Her grandson Kenneth Clay Smith Jr. pleaded guilty to attempted forgery and received a one year probation. The case involved removing and endorsing checks to buy groceries with others assisting. probation bans association among key participants.
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Cyrus W. Hall
Linzie Chambers
Kenneth Clay Smith, Jr
Francis A. Norvell
St. St. Albans
Hall
Flossie Recer
Sarah Street
St. Albans
Chambers
Local Housewife Maximizes Dollar Through Gazette Ads
A local housewife proved economy ads work by getting three ads for the price of one in Gazette Want Ads. She placed the ad and saw results promptly, paying only si. 0 for the bargain. Dial 606.11 Gazette Want Ads for quicker results.
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Woman given five to eighteen years for second degree murder
Mrs Helen Pauline McCroden was sentenced by Intermediate Judge Cyrus W Fiat to five to 18 years in the state penitentiary after a jury found her guilty of second degree murder in the October 16 trailer d
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Mage
Aid Bill Hiked By 8 Million For China's Famine Relief
An eight million dollar fund is added to the foreign aid bill for relief of China's famine. A Senate House conference committee nears final agreement as President Truman urges prompt passage to empower Secretary Acheson in London. The plan includes six million for the China relief line, contingent on Red Cross distribution, and ten million earlier for other programs. technical aid to backward areas remains unsettled.
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Hungary rejects Vogeler appeal in spy case
Budapest reports the Hungarian Government refused American Robert A Vogeler's appeal and executed two Hungarian co defendants. The Supreme Court rejected all seven February convictions in the Budapest trial. Briton Hagar Sanders remains serving a 13 year term. Appeals failed after American efforts to intervene.
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Board Awards Contract For 14 New School Buses
Kana wha County Board of Education awarded the contract for 14 new school buses to Kannawha Mack Sales Co at 4088 per unit after discounts in an executive session. Other bids included General Truck Sales Corp for GMC 3421.95 plus 30 percent, Wickline-Wells Motors for Rea 3725.24 with no discount, and Charleston Truck and Trailer Service for White 4240.90 minus 10 percent. Blubaugh praised Mack for safety and reliability noting it has never broken a spindle and that Mack is the only bus in the meet.
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Senate balks ousting of counsel for NLRB rail strike
Violence and mass layoffs marked the rail strike's second day as 18 000 firemen walk out on four lines. Railroads planned lay raises leaving about 150 000 workers idle. trains were ambushed near Knoxville. one fireman shot in arm. Pickets denied firing and claimed stones from yards. An air brake tester was slugged in Mishawaka as tensions escalate.
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Blonde Plunges From Seventh Floor to Death in Pittsburgh
In midtown Pittsburgh 35 year old Jeanne Ann Williams an elevator operator calmly jumped from the seventh floor of the Grant Building. After ten minutes she stood on a window sill above a parking lot as hundreds urged her not to leap. Firemen and police rushed to the scene and a police ambulance arrived. Her body reportedly fell, ending the tense scene as sirens wailed.
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Belgian Blast Toll 38 As Crews Halt Search
TRAZHGNIES Belgium May 11 The worst postwar coal mine explosion in Belgium left 38 dead as search for victims was paused Three miners were rescued injured from pit No 6 of the Mariement Bascoup mines gas apparently caused the blast An engineer said more than 40 miners were in the pit but the exact number was unknown Guards and crowds waited for news with tense faces No live miners were believed left below.
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Five Dollar Best Recipe Contest at The Gazette
The Charleston Gazette offers five dollars weekly for the best reader recipe. Send entries to Patty Smith, Food Editor, Charleston Gazette, Charleston 30, W. Va. A new contest starts each week and persistence can pay off.
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Charleston Gazette
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Truman Urges FEPC as Feud with Hoover Winds Up
President Truman, after dedicating Grand Coulee dam, appeals to Congress to pass a pending FEPC bill amid Senate filibuster opposition and a rebuke of former President Hoover. He softens civil rights tax provisions while warning against socialism and defending public power projects.
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Guthrie Morris Campbell Co Gives 15000 To College Drive
Guthrie Morris Campbell Co pledges 15000 to Morris Harvey College building fund announced yesterday. Campaign leaders report 59 pledge cards totaling 4129 from neighborhood division as a 750000 fundraising drive proceeds. Herbert P. Campbell presents the firm gift to Dr. Leonard Riggleman praising Morris Harvey College as a vital regional asset and beacon for local education.
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Guthrie Morris Campbell Co
Leonard Riggleman
Morris Harvey
Army Center Hit in House
A House Civil Service Subcommittee said the Army finance center at St. Louis faced tax security, fraud, and misused funds issues after a five month probe. Maj. Gen. Floye B. Parks reported irregularities and 6 percent of 4,500 employees labeled security risks. Maj. John H. Mathias, commander of the center, is under investigation.
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Gromyko Greets Lie in Moscow
In Moscow on May 11 Secretary-General Trygve Lie arrived to seek ways to ease East West tensions and preserve the United Nations. He was met by Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and Kopstentin Zinchenko as rain cooled the welcome. Lie had already visited Washington London and Paris in pursuit of untangling U.N. affairs.
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United Nations
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London
Paris
U.N
Blizzard Trial Reflects Coal Labor Tensions 1922
William Blizzard faced a treason charge in a 1922 Logan County armed march case. The trial at Charles Town courthouse framed labor-management strains that linger in the coal industry. Blizzard testified he spoke to miners to urge peaceful withdrawal as his wife detailed limited contact with him.
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the Gazette
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Gazette
William Blizzard
Logan County
John Brown
Charles Town
Brown
Denham Job Saved by Vote of 53 to 39
In Washington on May 11 the Senate rejected two Truman reorganization plans. The NLRB overhaul failed 34 to 30, with Taft leading dissent as an attack on Taft Hartley. The Treasury setup plan died 45 to 13, blocking a grant of currency oversight to the secretary.
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Women and Children Leave Winnipeg Flood Evacuation
Thousands of women and children flee Winnipeg as the Red River surges, officials ordering departures for safer ground. About 25,900 evacuees from Hooded Southern Weanitoka area planned removal with residents, while 800 square miles of Southern Manitoba flood. Many homes inundated and will stay underwater for weeks as the river nears 294 feet, a historic high.
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Charleston Skies Friday May 12 Forecast Notes
Fragmentary weather column lists sunrise and sunset times and mentions visible planets including Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn. Notes moonrise and visibility in the south with rough planetary positions and temperatures. Missing full details due to damaged OCR.
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